Made A Mistake

Paying for College
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<p>I made a mistake on my FASFA and CSS profile by putting there are 4 people in the household when I should have put 3, which is what my mom's tax return says. I also put her as single when I should have put head of household(I was new to all this!). I sent in my mom's tax form to idoc after, which had the correct information. </p>

<p>That was a while back, but we recently received the financial aid summary from Cornell, and I'm pleased with the amount. But we also have to submit an IRS transcript which also has the same information as the tax return we sent to idoc. I'm wondering if when they verify information on FASFA with the transcript, how will my financial aid summary change, if at all.</p>

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<p>Pick up the phone. Call Cornell. Ask them.</p>

<p>It really, truly, is OK to do that.</p>

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<p>When you make the correction on FAFSA, did you see any noticeable difference in EFC? </p>

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<p>What is put on taxes isn’t necessarily what should be put on fafsa. What is the circumstance of this 4th person that you included them on fafsa in the first place? Head of Household is a tax filing status, I don’t recall a similar status on fafsa, I think she is still single for fafsa.</p>